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  1. Violence against clergy is sacrilege.
  2. I am violently anti-bevel. It’s peak early PC graphic design, “look what this program can do,” with no “why.” Tech’s bevel was probably the best but even it was inferior to the clean design that a kid can draw from memory on his notebook. Most are awful, especially A&M’s.
  3. Almost all comedy podcasts are unlistenable slop. Lots of other podcasts, too. I only want that much of a deep dive from someone who is an actual expert on something but almost no one is talented or interesting enough to just riff on shit for three hours. Honestly this is part of the issue with Rogan: even if his guest is knowledgeable or interesting, he’s too stupid to guide the conversation in a focused way. (The other part being that he is in fact a malicious disinformation agent).
  4. I think instead of talking about woke/non-woke language the takeaway needs to be that candidates and party proxies need to avoid talking like they did in their grad school seminars whether that was in the sociology, economics, polisci, or whatever department. They ALWAYS fucking do this.
  5. I think it’s fair to say based on early returns that the money is necessary but not sufficient. Not really that surprising of a conclusion.
  6. Cross posting from the uniform thread: this is an excellent decision by Tech. Logos, font, all of it is exactly what it should be.
  7. Best branding decisions Ive seen in decades. Awesome to see an institution back off of a decision they invested in that just wasn’t as good.
  8. I’m exhausted with comedians. I’m tired of the schtick of the brave and unfraid truth-teller, when the consequences for telling jokes that don’t land or behaving poorly is a canceled Netflix series or ostracism. Guess what, if I tell edgy jokes at work or harass people I might get fired or excluded too. I do appreciate the ability to wrap difficult truths in humor but guess what: that’s actually a defense mechanism, you can always hunker down behind “I was joking, I’m a comedian.” There are people who make a pittance and put their livelihoods and sometimes lives on the line to tell difficult unvarnished truths; they are called investigative journalists. Offensive/provocative and dangerous to power are two different things and the Venn overlap isn’t that big. Bill Burr, who can be funny, can get fucked. It takes zero courage to be funny and also non-misogynistic and racist. And I like that he is those things and I’m glad our society has rewarded talent that doesn’t shit on others with lucrative renumeration. But that wasn’t enough, he also needed to be remunerated by a bloody, woman-hating, racist, theocratic nightmare family and then he tells me in Variety why this is cute cultural exchange. Actual truth tellers about Saudi get cut up into little pieces. Oh, it’s actually not that bad, you say? The only rules are “no jokes about the royals or about religion,” and that sounds reasonable. Here, let me translate: “you can joke about anything except the pillars of our rapacious and oppressive system of power.” Vladimir Putin has similar rules to appear on his TV. That’s….not really a concession.
  9. Was coming to post. Fantastic stuff. Save the biker shorts.
  10. Trump is an anti-establishment figure, even though he often works in favor of (some parts of) the establishment. That’s partly the genius of the Larry David skit— wearing a MAGA hat is far more off-putting and upsetting to the established order than nose piercings and wild hair. Trump is the person who affirms that you don’t have to eat vegetables or say thank you. For people who spent their youth bucking social norms not because of a deeply held sense of injustice, but because they are oppositional and have difficult relationships with authority (this is most young people who act out or get hyper-involved in causes)— he’s a perfect vessel for frustration.
  11. Extremely surprised to learn that people who spent their youth visibly acting out, showing poor impulse control, and having unhealthy conflicts with authority figures grew up and gravitated towards Donald Trump when they got older. Gonna have to mull over how this happens.
  12. Because regulating things like inheritance, child custody and responsibility, and property division (and modern similar concerns like social security, military benefits, insurance coverage, immigration benefits, medical decisions, etc) is one of the most ancient concerns of social authorities; and having every single person create sets of customizable personal contracts that lawyers and courts must then try to untangle and that will likely be grotesquely inequitable is not at all a tenable solution.
  13. Bernie Sanders 2028! He’d be 87 on Election Day and turn 88 three months after inauguration. Are you fucking kidding me? How about we run Diane Feinstein’s corpse? It’s not just likely it’s more than probable he keels over in office. Also, Sanders is— not a Democrat! He’s not! How’s this for an idea, maybe we don’t have people who aren’t Democrats stop spending primary season convincing the country to not vote for Democrats? Maybe try that? The country has to move past anyone who remembers the 1960s as their youth, it just does. Biggest most selflish and foolish generation we have ever seen and because they are so big they’ve been fucking things up for close to 40 years now.
  14. Opposite of eye candy and today’s Seattle-TB game: Arizona and Tennessee. Especially rage-making when you think about what this would look like as Arizona vs. Houston. These are dog shit all around.
  15. Wyoming’s bucking cowboy is one of the best logos in all of CFB. Perfect for the state, school, colors.
  16. I think there’s honestly a bit too much neurotic overthinking it (Dems! No!). I think the bigger danger is rigged/legal fuckery. MAGA is not governing like there will be another election. A five years younger Joe Biden probably wins in 2024. An unselfish Biden who is comfortable being Cincinnatus and announced early to allow an open primary probably gets a D who can win. Unbelievable personal selfishness and institutional harm there. Trump is historically unpopular. The GOP has won two popular elections since 1988, and one of them required a summer candidate switcheroo. No one behind Trump captures the morons like he does. Find someone who can talk like a normal person who comes off like he (it’s probably a he) likes the United States and then—this is the critical part— resist the urge to shit all over him and ask for stupid tests to make him earn your vote over JD Fuckin’ Vance.
  17. Fantastic uniform matchup.
  18. I’ve talked about this on some other threads and think it’s the model of the future for most schools. No matter what budget you have. There’s a reason most pro teams follow it. Coaches have enough on their plate and can’t play money ball. They also need to outsource the negotiations .
  19. The parity this year is something. I think OSU, Oregon, and Miami are the three top teams but they aren’t juggernauts and I can easily seem them slipping in the CFP. The next ten, put them in a basket and shake them up. Just as good as trying to rank them. I think Alabama is going to be the buzzsaw no one wants at the end of the year. GT likely doesn’t look awesome against non—ACC powers. ND could sneak in if they rack up style points and will also be a tough out.
  20. Every time Reed uncorks it I know it’s overthrown before it’s past the OL. That TD would have sailed if Concepcion wasn’t a crazy good athlete.
  21. Klein may have some brain damage. I will never understand the determination to play out of the shotgun on the 1.
  22. Pat McAfee and Theo Von together are like a singularity of dipshits on my tv.
  23. Use the poles to lift it onto the crate floor, slide them out, then assemble the crate around it. Presumably you’ve tossed a fabric cover on it like the ancient Hebrews did.
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